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The Buy-Low Foods, Nesters Market, AG Foods and Meinhardt Fine Foods stores we work with have collectively rescued more than 1 million meals since they started working with FoodMesh in May 2021.

A disproportionate amount of food is wasted at the best of times, but over the holiday season, that number increases by around 25%. Use these tips to reduce your festive food waste footprint this year.

This Saskatchewan-based food bank is seeing a sharp decline in the volume of food people are donating to them. Their partnership with FoodMesh has helped to increase their access to food donations, but they are in need of more. NorthEastNow reports

Meet James, FoodMesh's Head of Product. When he's not developing new product and service solutions to address customer problems, you may find him camping or enjoying some Japanese food.

Perk up your wilted leafy greens by soaking them in a bowl of cold water

Meet Megan, FoodMesh's Head of Communications. When she's not sharing stories about the impact of the amazing organizations FoodMesh works with, you'll probably find her dancing in the kitchen with her kids or trying to paint (another piece of) rescued furniture bright turquoise.

Find out how the Emergency Food Distribution Network, which was led by FoodMesh, has helped increase the number of rescued meals going to feed Canada's hungry and food insecure

CBC reports on how Richmond Food Bank's partnership with FoodMesh has enabled it to increase its perishable food offerings from 30% to 70%

Pique News Magazine reports on how food recovery has skyrocketed at Nesters Market since the store implemented FoodMesh's food waste tracking.

Plan your meals before shopping so that you only buy what you need

WestCentralOnline reports on the extraordinary impact Loaves and Fishes' work with FoodMesh has had on people in Kindersley and surrounding communities

You don't need to throw your veggie cast-offs into the compost. You can turn them into delicious homemade stock instead!

Richmond News reports on what supermarkets in Richmond do with the food they can no longer sell

Over 80,000 metric tonnes of pumpkins are produced in Canada each year. For National Pumpkin Day, FoodMesh's Nikki shares her ideas for how we can help minimize our pumpkin waste this fall.

In time for Waste Reduction Week in Canada, FoodMesh announces that Metro Vancouver is supporting the significant expansion of its regional food recovery network.

There are so many ways to use up old bread so you don't have to throw it away. These are a couple of our favourites...

Since starting work with FoodMesh in April 2020, IGA of BC and Fresh St. Market have collectively donated an enormous 1 million meals to people in need

As Georgia Main Food Group reaches an incredible milestone in its food recovery story, we reflect on how the program came to be in the first place

For International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, we wanted to share a little about the problem of food waste, and what we can all do about it.

Meet Laura, FoodMesh's Head of Finance. When she's not busy tracking, analyzing and modelling financial information for FoodMesh, chances are you'll find her on her paddle board or taking in the view at Spanish Banks.

We have been conditioned to expect food to look a certain way, so grown food that is not considered 'perfect' doesn't have a market, and thus isn't even picked

Meet Sid, FoodMesh's Retail Food Recovery Program trainer. He spends his time visiting stores on the program, training staff on how to maximize the amount of edible food they donate to our charity partners.

Household food waste accounts for a significant portion of food loss and waste in Canada. These tips are intended to help us all find new ways to reduce food waste at home.

Meet Nikki, FoodMesh's Operations Support Coordinator. Nikki works closely with the FoodMesh network using the Marketplace and charities placing orders through the Wholesale Food Purchasing program.